Tuesday, July 7 will mark the fifth commemoration of World Kiswahili Language Day. Kiswahili is one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa and the world. With over 200 million speakers, ...

Bilingual educators often serve as a bridge for students navigating two worlds academically, linguistically,and culturally. But the demands placed on these educators continue to grow.Many are tasked ...

The American educational system has a difficult time understanding dyslexia and an even harder time identifying children with dyslexia in order to provide the correct intervention for students who are ...

Alumni of the U.S. Department of State’s Teacher Exchange Programs and other global education leaders will share best practices for globalizing curricula, tips for implementing virtual exchanges, and ...

Most would agree that time is something we always seem to be short of and always want more of. The phrase “there are not enough hours in the day” resonates throughout many professions, but it rings ...

When we read, we are reading language. Thus, a strong foundation in oral language is essential to reading comprehension. The research base we refer to as the science of reading includes copious ...

At the recent inaugural National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Summit, the closing panel—former secretary of education Miguel Cardona, Dr. Nell Duke, Amelia Larson, and Jody Slavick—offered ...

One day at recess, a distraught five-year-old approached me and proclaimed angrily, “Fulanito me tagó.” Confused, I attempted to understand her meaning: “¿Te tocó?” (“He touched you?”) She shook her ...

Supporting young children’s language and literacy development has long been considered a practice that yields strong readers and writers later in life. The results of the National Early Literacy Panel ...

In our first article in this series, the universal design for learning (UDL) principles (CAST, 2024) were introduced as a much-needed framework to respond to learner variability, more specifically to ...

K atie Novak explains why the implementation of universal design for learning (UDL) is best practice to increase engagement in all students In 1922, my grandmother moved from Trois-Rivières, a city in ...

Career and technical education, commonly referred to as career-tech ed or CTE, encompasses a wide array of industry-specific classes designed to enable high school students to explore career options ...